As a follow-up, the next set of ISOs will include an option in the installer for the old "BSD" boot-loader, if GRUB is failing for some reason. Thanks for the feedback!
Cheers,
Dru
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I thought that might be it.
When I installed 9.2 with GRUB it hung and wouldn't boot the drive, so I gave up and installed without GRUB.
Guess I'm stuck...
Tnx!
On Monday, October 21, 2013 5:36 AM, Dru Lavigne <dru.lavigne at att.net> wrote:
Hi Jeff,
>>Answering both questions in-line.
>>>>>Searched everywhere how to enable splash screen during boot.
>>>>In 9.1 it was enabled in loader.conf and the pcx image was in the boot directory.? Nothing there now.
>>>>How to set it up?
>>>>9.1 used the FreeBSD bootloader (which uses a pcx splash screen) while 9.2 uses the GRUB bootloader. GRUB instead uses themes--more info on these can be found under Figure 8.4c at http://wiki.pcbsd.org/index.php/Boot_Manager#Managing_Boot_Environments_Using_Boot_Manager.>>>>>How to reduce FreeBSD boot option screen delay.
>>>>Seems to be different than in 9.1
>>>>Yup. See that same section under Figure 8.4c.
>>Cheers,
>>Dru
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